Testimony: Sexual Violence in DRC

Testimony from a 17-year-old victim of sexual violence by the 14th Brigade of the FARDC.
Sexual violence has been widespread and systematic in Congo over the last 15 years, with over a dozen armed groups using rape to terrorize, punish, and control civilians. The Congolese army, because of its sheer size and geographical spread across the country, is the single largest perpetrator of sexual violence. Since January 2009, when the army began a campaign against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - a Rwandan Hutu armed group - rape cases have doubled or tripled in North and South Kivu provinces of eastern Congo, according to information collected by Human Rights Watch. Perpetrators of sexual violence include the Congolese army, the FDLR, and Congolese rebel groups.
To learn more: http://www.hrw.org/node/84456

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[UniversalAsylum]

We CARE!!

[ryuthdionns]

I CARE!!!

[donsheezie]

ME TOO....I CARE!!!

[TheCongoWasRobbed]

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[meezo97]

I CARE ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!

[jleverem]

damn its amazing that these things still happen in the world, i wish there was somthing i could do

[RareAirSupply]

And what have you done to change this?

[pyxlated]

That poor woman. That this sort of thing continues to happen is a failure on the part of our species.

[global2012]

I care.But the news media in my country is to focused on a pedofiles death,and if they do focus on this subject it's for a couple weeks then its done.nobody seems to notice nobody seems to care.

[borntopaz]

I care you idiot